Hello everyone - I'm a 50 yr. old certified L&D nurse who's been working mostly in L&D since 1985. Before that I worked in med/surg while finishing my BSN and in step-down telemetry as a GRN. I've loved OB, and have done all the risk-levels ...
OBNurseInFL replied to funmom's topic in Relations
I think it is quite predominant in nursing to have these dangerous people. But I know as well it is found in other career fields such as law enforcement, military, etc. Seems it is wherever people are in a position to have power over another, or to...
OBNurseInFL replied to funmom's topic in Relations
I've been an RN since 1982, and in OB since 1985, and certainly have seen my share of dangerous nurses (AND docs). I had a horrid incident with one in 1993, as well, who pulled the race card :angryfire when she was written up & turned in for sl...
Hi, SBE - I've searched & searched the AWHONN homepage but cannot find the position statements that CLEARLY define what they consider to be appropriate staffing levels for L&D. I work in a small military facility, and our new CNS thought th...
OBNurseInFL replied to Grad School Traveler's topic in Travel
Hi, Adam - I am going to do your survey; I see it's still active on Google. I have a question about how you made the survey. I've gone to Google documents but I am unsure how you made this survey. It's GREAT! I ask because I have been working on ...
Hello from Sunny Florida! I'm Kate, been an RN for 24 years, have been in inpatient OB (labour & delivery) for 20 of those. Also have worked ER, med/surg, stepdown telemetry, call centre, and insurance review jobs. Anyway, I'm completing NCM ce...
OBNurseInFL replied to mmullin1980's topic in International
Hello from Sunny Florida! I've read your posts and certainly sounds a lot like sentiments concerning nursing shortage here in the USA. I've been an RN for over 24 years and have seen a lot of things happening in nursing in that time. Many things are...